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Hrikesha MasVolume: 03Issue: Sep’11-Oct’11knows; still, he does. [Ref. VedaBase> Morning Walk - 14 July 14, 1975,Philadelphia]There is another discussion reinforcing the same thought:Prabhupäda: Yes, freedom. Our present condition is not freedom. We arecompletely under the laws, te 'pi svatantra rudhäëé vardhya (?). They are tied up bythe ropes of material nature, hands and legs, and still they are thinking, “I amfree.” That is illusion. Nobody is free. Daivé hy eñā guëa-mayé mama mäyäduratyayä [Bg. 7.14]. We are seeking freedom but nobody is free. Nobody is free.Prakåteh kriyamäëäni [Bg. 3.27], they are pulled by the ear, “Do this.” Prakåteh.You have to do this.Çyämasundara: He says that the free will, which creates itself or realizes itself isthe truest of all realities.Prabhupäda: Yes. So if by free will if you choose to surrender to Kåñëa then you'llget your real free will, freedom. Otherwise you are under the clutches of mäyä.Daivéhy eñä guëa-mayé mama mäyä duratyayä [Bg. 7.14]. You cannot surpass thestringent laws of material nature, that is not...So, working within the stringent laws of nature, one can misuse the gift of free will andbind himself in the vicious circle of death-birth-death. In the Bhagavad-géta (5.13) theLord says that He is not the cause of anyone's particular work, nor the authority, nor theresult of such work—but that all these come out of the various modes of nature. Thus, allacts performed by the living entity–except those with transcendental results–are self–created engagements arising from an abuse of the freewill, and therefore such acts orengagements are never to be considered as if the works and the results were somehowordained by the almighty Godhead. Such works are all material and are thereforeconditioned and directed by the modes of nature. The Personality of Godhead dissociatesHimself from such works.One cannot be without work, how can we work without getting entangled in the karmicreaction of that work? If we surrender all our actions or work to Him, we can but how dowe do it? Conditioned with the three modes of nature or guëas, how can one take theright decision? If the freewill is so dangerous, should we repress it altogether? Howshould the freewill be used that it does not prove self-injurious due to our ignorance?Though we are suffering in this material body because of our earlier misuse of free will;yet it is His causeless mercy that the Lord has not abandoned us. Keen on bringing usback to Him, even in this situation He has given us the way out, an escape route from thisprison house. He has given us free will, but He has also given the instructions to use itproperly to return to Him. Prabhupäda explained it beautifully:“I am now talking to you the most confidential words.” (Sarva-guhyatamam) “You stopyour so-called freewill. Just surrender to Me.” This is the most confidential. “If yousurrender to Me, that is good for you. But if you go on keeping your free will you'll not behappy.” There is also free will. When you come to the platform of Kåñëa consciousnessyou serve Kåñëa with freewill, not that you become a stone. There is freewill. Just like ourMake Vrndavan Villages